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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-04-16
Editor EVENING Star:

Editor EVENING star: .>..,-. ,..-s----.
What is the matter with tar titles in this city
worthless" But when ask the reason Why the only
want to know whether there has been any decision by
the courts to that effect, and, if So where it can be
I9uhd VIII some lawyer among your subscribers
please answer this inquiry and thus oblige
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-04-16

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-04-16

the legislative assembly required the coecfor Of
taxes to make report to the controller of the
did away with the requirement OF the old law. and
that sales made after the more recent ENACTMENT
might be valid without report to the recorder
OF deeds The Court IN General Term however
in q decision in the case OF King VS. the Disfricf
opinion by Judge Macarthur, held that the recent
law wss To op and
collector, whereas the requirement Of the
Old law, which the court held was still
IN ano torc was nhc .enG nof,c 70 make record
Heretofore tie holder Of tax title in an action
In court has been required to prove the regularity
original levy down to the tax sale advertisement
and then the regularity OF his deed itself.
THE NEW Law, 1-
enacted at the last session Of Congress provides
that the tax deed acquired at sales hereafter sho
be taken as presumptive evidence of the reeular,.
yof these preliminanes. In other words. unless
regularity somewhere in the chain the tax tstie
WIN have the sanction Of law. The passage Of this
effectiveness TO the tax-saleS eo
sPECULATNG IN TAX TITLES <-s =
There have been many cases in recent wears
where capitalists have made money by huyino
ground held under tax titles at low prices nm -.
count Of the nature Of the title and then prsectd
their titles by getting persons who might clatm
such cases generally the tax title has been forta
ned by long possession. There have been. too 4
number OF instances OF successful Speculation nj
tax sales. One instance win indicate how sr1ch q
transaction might be made profitable. man buys
in for the amount Of taxes say three lots, ali Be-
owner and proposes to compromise by rivtnu s IN
the owner quit deeds to two OF the iota iT "a
turn for Quttclafm deed to himself for the third
accepted and the holder Of the tar titie nss s,fa
tanned perfect title 70 one lot at much less than
the actual value OF the lot The owner would AGREE
TO this rather than have all three al In ~
threatened with law suit -
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-04-16
UNDER THE MICROSCOPES.
The Monsters That One Finds I'm AFti-
cles Of Food and Drink

a TALK WITH Observation-Disclosures INJURIOUS
IN MOST FRESH FOOD OR FREsM wAzzR.-A scrRN-
TIsT WHO has LITTLE PATH IN PAsTHun-8xRERl-
ARNTNG ON HIMSELF WITH MCRopIA
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-11-03

The new theology isn't so very
new after all. In 1888 the Rev. Robert
Brock, pastor of the First church Of
Springfield, said: "What will become
OF the heather who never heard Of the
gospel, do not pretend to say; but I
cannot but indulge a hope that God in
his boundless benevolence will find out
a way whereby those heathens who act
up to the light they have may be
saved" Mr.. Beck was called TO task
for the utterance but nothing came of
it, and he occupied the Springfield pulpit
for half century.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-11-03

Says gentleman of New Orleans:
There is race Of Negroes in the
United States that must be descendants
of the officiating tribe of Africans
known to exist in TIE interior of the
Dark Continent, for had "A cook who
came from the ba k-hill country OF
Louisiana, which, by tho way, is very
little known to outsiders, who was
dirt eater. She said one day that she
was going back to the hills, as the
black dirt at New Orleans was not
good, and she pinned for some of the
kind she had always been used to eating
and she went back. l was told that in
certain soil where these people live
there was strong alkali taste which
they fancied very much. Eating dirt
becomes a habit with them, and when
they wander away they still keep up the
desire until they get tired of the mud
which is unlike tho home article.
have heard of white men who eat dirt,
but this Negress is the only genuine dirt
eater ever saw"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-11-03

A gentleman in st. Louis sold to a
dealer very handsome but rather
back number bedroom suit. The dealer
transformed the set by cutting down
the high-top bed and dressing case to
more modern proportions, cleaned it
up, vanished it nicely, and brought it
to the auction-rooms. The origlna
owner happened in during the sale,
bought the set, and was none the wiser
until his sharp-eyed wife dispelled the
bargain illusion by informing him that
he had bought back his furniture at 200
per cent. profit to the smart dealer.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-11-03
DISSIPATION PRODUCES IT.

A Prominent Doctor Discusses Ma
inria and suggests n Kennedy.
81 am full Of malaria" is one of the
most hard-worn of the expressions with
which the numerous class Of people
who have begun TO feel The effects of
phys log cal ollcnscS bore Their fellow
men. The doctors say "malaria" is
much abused term. Certain it is that
it is muchu.cd term.
When DIR. Glib Carson. secretary OF
the st. Louis board Of health. was ask
ed Yesterday what ii WAS and in what
localit es ( was most likely to exist, he
replied:
IL don't know. The only man who
ever knew is dead"
Every now and then burial GER
licate contains as the cause of death
''mnariul fever" But those give no
lraca of the locality in winch the disease
Il purishes most. They come from all
parts Of the city and the distribution is
quite equal.
People abuse themselves in various
ways until their systems q lit acting
harmern ously," II prominent ply sic an
explained. land i'm nine cases out of
ten the first ill-feeling that sets in is,
according to their diagnosis OF the ease
malaria. The women dance too much
or take no exercise. lace tightly keep
unseemly hours, eat irregularly, and
sleep in poorl ventilated rooms; while
the men carouse about town till morn
ing and eat and drink to excess. Then
they have malaria. Eight out of ten OF
the cases of alleged malaria among
men is caused b. drinking whisky.
Their 9, stems become weakened and
thev suffer from general disorder"
"Wby don't the doctors wipe out the
m staken dca of the disease?"
"Wcll. it would frequently throw
the malaria sufferer into a passion to
tell Inn what ails him. I hat would
not be Il violation of professional ethics,
but il would be unnecessary. The doc
tor can just rs well 90 on treating h m
for his real ailment and let him believe
he has fashionable malaria That Is
the policy view of the case. Malaria
is a biz thing in this country now, and
TO reduce it to its natural proportions
would rcqn re united action on the part
of the profession.
"ls there any real malariap'
There is class of diseases that
may ~ well be called malaria as anv-
thing else. The word malaria suggests
bad ar. and it is generally believed
that swamp land produces the disease.
The NJ sSissippi valley is considered II
hOtbcd for it. Northern Indiana's low,
swampr spots and clay soil should be
one of the most fertile maarial regions
according to the generally accepted
IDEA of The generation Of it in this
country. But it is not. The Ohio
7a!,ey was once notorious as n malaria
factory.
"There are score of systems of
causes for malaria, but none of them
seem capable OF standing q test. a
certain Roman professor SAYS the dis
ease is due to a vegetable germ which
certain conditions calls into life. He
claims that it found in all kinds of
soil, and that warm, humid air. the
oxygen of which beng allowed to- come
in contact with the germs, will quicken
them into life"
'ls there cure for genuine mala-
riaP'
"Quinine W II knock out pure mala-
ria. That il. if there is no complica-
| ton of d seases or none OF the causes
existing that produce fashionable ma
| lar =,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-11-03
Looking Inward.

Banker-Your references are all that
could be desired. What salary do you
expect?
Coaclman-Seventy-five dollars a
month.
B.-That is quite satisfactory to me,
and you can enter upon your duties rs
soon as you desire.
C.-B the wav. forgot to inqu re
il you hal any mrriageabe daughters?
b have. but what is the meaning
of such prcposterous question:
C..-Because your hav ng such makes
it impossible for me to engage with
you. The fact is, / cannot take thu
risk of degenera,ing into a horse-cal
conductor or hotel waiter. There's nc
money in marrying employers daugh
tiers nowaday boston Budget
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-11-03

One Allen has at last solved the
problel-. with which the human race
has been struggling for six thousand
years; ~ hat is Life" Mr.. Allen
says: Life is merely one particular set
Of correlated movements occurring
under the influence of solar radiation in
a certain peculiar group of material
bodies on the surface of one small and
unimportat planet in a minor solar
system; hidden away on the skirts of a
galaxy in some lost corner of bound
less cosmos" He has evidently been
fooling with some cipher or other.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-11-03

OF the Massachusetts illiterate minor
law which went into effect recently.
Superintendent Carrigan of Boston
says: "Do l think the execution of
the law will be a hardship upon litter
atesP No. The bill was carefully
drawn and there are provisions for re-
lief in all cases of minors over fourteen
years of age. To employ a minor
under fourteen years of age who can
not read and write, except during the
vacation of the public schools, there is
penalty OF $50. This provision is prac.
tically re-enactment of the
old law. In cases of minors four
teen years of age or over
who cannot read or write in the Eng
lish language the statute imposes a
penalty of from $50 to 800 for each
offense, providing such miuor, since
reaching the age of fourteen, has been a
resident of city or town wherein free
evening schools a7e maintained for the
period of one year."
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-11-03
THE VERNON LOST.
Believed that 80 Persons Have Gone
Down with Her.

Believed that % Persons Have Gone
Down with Her.
The steamer Vernon went down In Lake
Michigan on the morning of October 80,
In the terrible gale which swept over the
lake. 1t Is thought that at least 50 per-
sons were on the boat not one of whom
escaped to tell the story OF the dlsa ster.
Pieces of wreckage bearing the name
Vernon" have been picked up, leaving
no doubt as TO the fate of the vessel.
Relatives and friends have abandoned all
hope.
The loss Of the Vernon involves great
or loss of life than any of the previous
disasters on the lake this season, not ex-
cepting the propeller Champlain, which
burned early In the spring oil Charlevoix,
when "a persons were drowned. A singu-
lar coincidence Is that the Vernon Is the
vessel which took the place of the Cham
plain In the Northern Michigan line, and
had only been on the line since August l..
She was one of the finest furnished passen-
ger boats on the lakes, and had valuation
OF S7s, 600.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-11-03
Worse Than the Blenders.

The discovery has been made that a
ferryman on the lower Danube rive-, who
has been in the habit of conveying across
the river workman from Roumania, to
avoid producing certificates that they paid
taxes In Roumania, took them to small
island, where he murdered them and
robbed them of their salaries. Inquiry
shows that hundreds of workmen have
been murdered and their bodies burned sr
thrown into the river.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-11-03

LIVE STOCK.
Cattle -Market steady to strong; ship.
ping steers, 81 7505; stockers and feed
ers, 3. t5(g3 O.: cows, bulls and mixed,
81 4tC62 as; Texas steers, 81 65tdS2 90;
western steers, 81 8O93 G5.
Hoes-Market stronger; mixed, "a GOA
4 55; heavy, "a 3064 10; light, 81 25(G4 co;
skips, 1904 Is.
SHEEP-Market steady, natives, So 1904;
western, 1908 40; Texans, ~ 5O(g3 80;
lambs s4Cd5 U5
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-11-03

Jay Gould's head was re emily OK
amined by new ectrical instrument
and pronounced sound. He has been
troubled with neuralgia and sleepless-
ness during the past summer, but it
was not case of bad conscience as
some might think. There's no such
thing as conscience in Gould's anatomy.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-11-03

Hoods are again added 10 every sort OF
wearing apparel upon which they can mp
propria tely he llaoed.
The hair OF the Monaghan goat, white
as DIV and soft as swans wn, 10 / cling
utilized. as q fashio BILE "furn
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-11-03


Captain Plessner of Stuttgart, a
brother of Mrs. Louise Pollock, the
promoter of the kindergarten system in
this country has invented an instrument
called the "antiphone," which is de-
signed to protect the earagainst hurtful
and unwelcome sounds. BY deadening
undesirable noises it is said to afford
great relief TO inyalids nervous persons.
workers in metals, and particularly
those whose occupations require them
to sleep in daytime. The instrument
will, no doubt, be very popular with
debtors, in whose ears the dun is about
as disagreeable as any noise ever in
vented.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-11-03

''On Thursday night" says the edi-
tor of a Mississippi newspaper, while
we were writing an editorial on the
financial condition of the country,
some iend in human shape threw a
brick through our window and struck
us on our head. We fell to our floor
and lost our senses. How long we re-
manned in our condition of uncon-
seriousness, we know not The first
thing we remember was being taken
up b. Major Grbner, our good friend.
We were taken to drug store, where
our wound was dressed. Our wife and
children soon came and we were taken
to our home. We are naturally indig-
nant over this coward attack upon
US, and we oller Il years subscription
to our paper to the man who discovers
who it was that hit us.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-11-03
THIS GOOD OLD STANDBY

no COOD OID AND-br
accomplishes for everybody exactly what is clamed
for One OF the reasons for the great popularity OF
the Mustang Liniment is found in its universal
applicability. Everybody needs such medicine.
The Lumbe rman needs II In OF accident.
The Housewife needs 1t for generalfamy use.
The Cnnnler needs It for his teams and his men.
The Mechanic needs 1t always on his work
bench.
The Miner needs Il In case of emergency.
The Pioneer needsit-can't get along without IL.
The Farmer needs it In his house. his stable.
and his stock yard.
The Steamboat mnn or the Boatman needs
II in liberal supply ahoat and ashore.
The Horse-fancier needs it-it Is his best
friend and safest reliance.
The Stock grower needs TIT will save him
thousands OF dollars and a world OF trouble.
The Railroad man needs II and will need II so
long his life is round OF accidents and dangers
The BackwoOdsman needs II. There is moth
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limb and comfort which surround the pioneer.
The Merchant needs It about his store among
his employees. Accidents will happen. and when
these come the Mustang Eminent is wanted at once.
Keepn Bottle in the House. IT'S the best Of
economy.
Keep Bottle i'm the Factory. Itsimmedate
use in case of accident pain and loss Of wages
Keep IA Bottle Always in the Stable for
use when wanted.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-11-30
With Heartiest Congratulations.

There was a pleasant wedding party
at the hospitable residence of Mrs.
DR.. Trenchard yesterday afternoon,
the occasion being the marriage of
her youngest daughter, Miss Marion
Trenchard, and Mr.. VIM. T. Chutter.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
w. s. Short, rector OF Grace Epis-
copal church and was witnessed by q
large number of the intimate friends
and acquaintances of the family.
After Mr.. Short had impressively pro-
nounced the beautiful ceremonial of
the Episcopal church congratulations
OF the sincerest nature were proffered,
and all present sat down to a splen-
did dinner. The bride is 4 lifelong
resident of this city and is beloved
and esteemed by all. The groom is q
prominent young business man with
a host Of friends and acquaintances
who wish the young couale a long
and uninterrupted life of happiness,
a wish in which THE AsToRIAH most
cordially unites.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-11-30
Give Them q Chance!

That is to say, your lungs. Also all
your breathing machinery. Very Won
derful machinery it is, Not only the
larger air-passages, but the thousands
Of little tubes and cavities leading
from them.
When these are clogged and choked
with matter which ought not to be
there, your lungs cannot half do their
work. And what they do they can
not do well.
Call it cold, cough, croup. pneumo-
MIA, catarrh, consumption or any of
the family OF throat and nose and
head and lung distractions, al are
bad. All ought to be got rid Of. There
is just one sure way to get rid of
them. That is to take Boschee's
German Syrup, which any druggist
will sell You at 75 cents a bottle.
Even il everything else has failed
you, you may depend upon this Tor
certain.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-11-30

Last night of fine collection of Oil
Paintings by San Francisco artists,
corner of Squemoqua and 0lney streets.
Those Paintings are sent here BY the
San Francisco Art Association, 10 be
sold TO the highest bidder, by auction,
for the benefit of the artists. The fol-
lowing well known artists are repre-
sented: Il. q. HOldredge, graduate of
Munich: Prof. NJ. Valencia. the best
marine artist on the coast; ID. Needham,
one Of San FranciscO's best landscape
painters; A RodrigueSe. has some of his
best work in the collection. Those tai
ented artists names should be a Sufi
cient guarantee TO all lovers of art and
picture connoisseurs that this eXhibi'
ton is worthy the attention of our best
citizens. The hall is open all day TO-
day for inspection and the sale com
mences this evening at o'clock sharp
This is splendid opportunity for Oul
well-to-do citizens TO embelliSb theil
parlors with real works Of art ut theil
own price.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-11-30
Sneezing Catarrh.

The distressing 81 seze. sneeze, sneeze, the
acrid. watery discharges from the eyes and
nose, the painful Inflammation extending 10
the throat, the swelling Of the mucous lining,
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mucous accumul2!;1ns, the heaiIng affected.
smell and taste gene. throat ulc rated and
hacking cough gradually fastening i-Se upon
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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-11-30
Laying the Corner Stone.

Following is the programme 10 be
carried out at the laying of the cor
ner stone OF the Danish NJ. Z. church.
at Upper Astoria. at go this after
noon:
Rev. Jno. jacobson, pastor, Rev.
W: 5. Harrington, d. d., presiding
elder.
l, Declaration by Rev. o. B. Whit
more; 2, hymn No. SCI, Rev. VIM.
Rollins; 3, prayer, Rev. Ross c.
Houghton; 4, lesson Ps. 1872, Rev
VIM. Roberts; 5, address, Rev. Alfred
Hummer; 6, disposition of stone, Rev
w. S. Harrington; z, hyml. Rev. G.
NJ. Pierce; s, prayer, Rev. !. D. Driv.
er; Q, benediction.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-11-30
SKIN SCALP
BLOOD

Having been q sufferer for two years and a
half from a disease caused by bruise on the
leg, and having been cured by the CuTIcURA
KgMgpTrs when all other methods and rene
die failed, deem it my duty to recommend
them. visited Hot Springs to no avail, AZ d
tried several doctors without success. and at
last our principal druggist, Mr. John p. Fin
Law. 10 whom [ shall ever feel grateful.
smoke To me aboutt'UrIcURA, and consented
10 give them trial wi h the result that l On
perfectly cured. The is now no sore about
NE. | think ! can show the largest surface
where nv sufferings sprang from Of any one
in the State. The CUTICURA EFNEDIEs are
the nest blood and skin cures manufactured
/ refer TO druggist John 7. finlay and DR..
%. c. Montgomery. both Of this place, and to
Dr.. Smith. Of LakL Lee. Miss.
ALEXANDER BEACH, Greenviile. Miss.
Mr., Beach used the CUTICURs REMEDIES, at
our reou,st, with results as above stated,
81 IL INLAY 4 CO, OrlLQnists
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-11-30
PERSONAL. MENTION.

Mrs. c. q. Fulton has returned
from Portland.
F. d. Winton and wife left for Port
land last evening.
Sam'l Arndt returns TO Portland on
the U. S. jury to-day.
E. u. Ferguson has returned from
an official visit to Gray's harbor.
Geo. 7. Myers went to San Fran
cisco on the Columbia yesterday.
Hon. Binger Hermann and family
left Roseburg last Thursday. on their
way to Washington. Schiller Her
mann, congressman Hermann's eldest
son, will enter college at Lexington,
Virginia, about December 1st.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-11-30

The London Grocer reports as
follows: "As already pointed out.
salmon is still exceedingly dear, and
with next to nothing on the market.
Only retail quantities have been
taken for immediate use, but we hear
that 2Ss. per case have been SUBJ
mitted to for outside river fish,
which indicates a little weakness in
prices" The Liverpool market is
reported as follows by the same
paper: The small stock OF Colum-
bia river salmon are rapidly dimish-
ing, several important sales having
been made which reduce the now
available supplies OF fine parcels to a
few thousand cases. An advance of
cd to Is per case has been paid dur
ing the week. In some quarters it is
believed that the present high prices
will tend to much reduce the con-
sumption, and it is a doubtful ques-
tion whether the short pack will
or will not supply all needs at
present figures"
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-11-30

The London GroceTS Gasefte says:
Salmon is firmly held, but the de-
msnd is very small. everyone seems
to expect a brisk enquiry in the
spring, when it will be difficult to OBJ
tain an adequate supply. and buyers
have anticipated this, and are quietly
holding fair stocks. There has been
an improved demand during the week,
and the small parcels offering demon
strate how bare of stock our market
is comparatively. Sales have been
effected at full market rates, and it
seems probable that the wholesale
price will reach 30s. before the new
seasons pack can reach us, for the
first vessel is a very. slow sailer, aud
it is doubtful whether she will arrive
this year, though her arrival will, we
believe, serve rather TO strengthen
than weaken the situation